They should be quite light, but it pays to ask the priest a week or two beforehand to have a "test fit" if you'll be wearing the crown (not held aloft), and you have some idea how you'll wear your hair and veil. I had to pin some pieces of soft foam to the inside lining to stop the crown dropping over my eyes ... On the matter of "taking your crowns/stephana home": While the Greeks do indeed take their wedding wreaths home, the Russians and other Slavs have another custom, which I feel is more beautiful and meaningful: wedding icons. Here is part of a post on the subject on another thread: The couple obtains a matched pair of icons, one of Christ, one of the Mother of God, some time before their wedding day. These icons are blessed in church, then each icon is taken home: the Christ icon by the future groom, the Mother of God icon by the future bride. On the day of the wedding, before they each leave the house to go to the church, the bride and groom are blessed with the respective icon by their parent(s). The icons are brought to the church, and are placed on an icon stand in a prominent position for the duration of the wedding ceremony. At the end of the service, after the customary "words of wisdom" from the priest, he blesses the couple with the icons, which the couple then takes to their home. Almost without exception, the wedding icons are hung in the bedroom, traditionally in a corner at a 90 degree angle to each other. The place of icons in the family home - Monachos.net Discussion Community Another couple of practical considerations: Your wedding rings/bands will also need to be blessed beforehand, as do your wedding candles. Russian wedding candles are usually white, decorated with a ribbon or other such embellishment, and most usually, have a small icon of Christ (for the groom's candle), and the Mother of God (for the bride's candle) attached to them. These candles are held by the couple for much of the duration of the service. You will also need a white cloth about a metre square, on which to stand. Satin with a lace edging is quite popular. Either a single cloth which is moved to the centre of the church after the betrothal service, or two cloths - one at the entrance to the nave (betrothal), and one in the middle of the nave (crowning). Some churches have their own cloths which are lent out for weddings, in other cases, the couple organises their own, either making their own (as I did), or borrowing those of another couple. Hope this helps.